Aston Villa defender ‘going through difficult time’ – Exit could be on the cards

On deadline day, Aston Villa took Clément Lenglet on a loan deal from Barcelona.

The Villans were forced to act and sign the 28-year-old after Tyrone Mings suffered a serious injury in August, which will keep him on the sidelines for most of this season.

Monday’s Sport states Lenglet is ‘going through a difficult time’ at Aston Villa and that has irritated the La Liga side.

Having spent the previous season on loan at Tottenham Hotspur, the Frenchman returned to the Premier League, where he has made two appearances for Unai Emery’s side and both of them were in the UEFA Conference League.

The report states the centre-back has ‘failed to gain the trust’ of the manager so far which is why he’s not having it ‘easy’ at Villa Park. They add the former Sevilla man will wait for a few more weeks to see if there will be any improvement in his situation at Aston Villa.

It’s said both Lenglet and the La Liga side are clear that he has to have more game time in order to not let his market value drop.

According to Sport, the ‘next few weeks will be decisive’ because the defender has a ‘lot of market’.

This could suggest that there’s a possibility for Lenglet’s loan stay at Aston Villa to be terminated in January.